ǂKhomani
Nǁnǂe
Total population
500 (est.)
Languages
Nǁng (Historically), Afrikaans, Khoekhoe, South African English
Religion
San Religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
San, Coloured People, Nama, Khoisan

The ǂKhomani (/kˈmæn/ koh-MA-nee), or Nǁnǂe, are Khoekhoe-speaking Bushmen (San) people of South Africa. In 2019, their population was estimated to be around 500, with an unknown number of those with ǂKhomani ancestry.[1] Until the 20th century the ǂKhomani spoke the Nǁng language, but as the people shifted to Khoekhoe and Afrikaans, they increasingly out-married, and identity as ǂKhomani has expanded to include the descendants of speakers of other (now extinct) ǃKwi languages.

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References

  1. du Plessis, Menan (2019). "The Khoisan Languages of Southern Africa: Facts, Theories and Confusions". Critical Arts. 33.
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